Charles B Winkelman
Military
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UPL 38498
Aviation Cadet Winkleman. 1943. Lemoore, California.
Lemoore 43-B yearbook.
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 42-30035 'Torchy. ' Evaded.
On a mission to the Renault Works in Paris vision was obscured and collided with another aircraft.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pasadena Nena aka Torchy
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Des Plaines, Illinois | 16 September 1922 | |
Died |
9 February 1988 |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.264;
Lemoore 43-B yearbook.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, son Arthur Winkelman